Doritos controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2015
Doritos Roulette breathing-difficulty incident
A school reported that an asthmatic student experienced breathing difficulty after eating a particularly hot chip from a Doritos Roulette package. The incident drew attention to the product's variable-heat design.
1993
Doritos throat-injury product-liability lawsuit
A plaintiff alleged that the chips' rigid, angular design made them inherently dangerous and caused throat injury. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that proposed supporting research did not satisfy scientific standards for admission as evidence.